Re:AT&T aggressively moving against unauthorized tethering
by tptacek on Friday March 18, 2011 @11:24AM
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Why shouldn't we? Serious question. Another example: business travelers howl and howl about the gauging we take from airlines. And yes, that pricing is genuinely annoying. But it also allows price-sensitive customers to travel for far less money.
Re:AT&T aggressively moving against unauthorized tethering
by orangecat on Friday March 18, 2011 @11:46AM
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Another example: business travelers howl and howl about the gauging we take from airlines.
Not just business travelers. You've identified one of the few industries even more disliked than wireless carriers: http://www.theacsi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task.... Note that the top ratings are in industries where you generally exchange money for a good or service without subsequent micromanagement of how you use it.
It is, in the sense that they have to go out of their way to make it not so.
Finding a way to charge you for that behavior is marketing 101.
Sure, all companies would like to extract consumer surplus by charging more and providing less, or in this case providing nothing. That doesn't mean as customers we should congratulate them on their brilliant strategy.